I don't think Biden should stay on. No Democrat thinks Trump is better than Biden. It’s obvious that’s not the case to all but the MAGA crowd, who aren’t susceptible to logical argument anyway. [Please read the New York Times editorial today (Saturday the 20th), which offers a damning list of reasons Trump is unfit for office.]
I don't think Biden should stay on. No Democrat thinks Trump is better than Biden. It’s obvious that’s not the case to all but the MAGA crowd, who aren’t susceptible to logical argument anyway. [Please read the New York Times editorial today (Saturday the 20th), which offers a damning list of reasons Trump is unfit for office.]
As a longtime Biden fan who admires what he’s accomplished in the past four years, I nevertheless think he should withdraw his candidacy for the good of the country. I don’t think he can win, as unfair as that may be. He looks like a man on his last legs—and what he looks (and sounds) like matters in an election where Republicans are pumped up and Democrats dispirited. If Joe Biden withdraws and supports whoever replaces him vigorously, he will go down in history as a great statesman. If he continues his candidacy out of misplaced pride, he will end up a much more consequential Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who stayed too long and thereby did lasting damage to the country.
I will vote for the Biden/Harris ticket if that’s the choice, but I won’t contribute another dime to that campaign because I believe it’s a waste of money. I’m an old person who works with young people, and Biden has almost no support among them. Other people who are on the fence are not moving his way. We need a change to create some enthusiasm for a ticket that isn’t there now or we will have the second coming of Donald Trump, and God help us then.
I hear what you're saying, but I can't read your response without thinking you're ignoring valid concerns.
To me, its simple. This is not a spectator sport. This is not a movie or an episode of a TV show. In 2024, the two teams are Egalitarian Democracy and Authoritarian Autocracy, and everyone is a player on one of those two teams. Whether you're young or old, if you don't care, then by default, you're a player on the winning team, except you won't know what team you were playing for until November 5. Then, if the Authoritarians win, and you find out you can't get health care, and then the economy goes in the tank so the oligarchs can get fat and happy, and you're looking for someone to blame, there's only one place to look, and that's in the mirror.
It is not my intent to be insensitive. Instead, it is my intent to be truthful, and I'm doing my best to walk the line between the two.
I don't think Biden should stay on. No Democrat thinks Trump is better than Biden. It’s obvious that’s not the case to all but the MAGA crowd, who aren’t susceptible to logical argument anyway. [Please read the New York Times editorial today (Saturday the 20th), which offers a damning list of reasons Trump is unfit for office.]
As a longtime Biden fan who admires what he’s accomplished in the past four years, I nevertheless think he should withdraw his candidacy for the good of the country. I don’t think he can win, as unfair as that may be. He looks like a man on his last legs—and what he looks (and sounds) like matters in an election where Republicans are pumped up and Democrats dispirited. If Joe Biden withdraws and supports whoever replaces him vigorously, he will go down in history as a great statesman. If he continues his candidacy out of misplaced pride, he will end up a much more consequential Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who stayed too long and thereby did lasting damage to the country.
I will vote for the Biden/Harris ticket if that’s the choice, but I won’t contribute another dime to that campaign because I believe it’s a waste of money. I’m an old person who works with young people, and Biden has almost no support among them. Other people who are on the fence are not moving his way. We need a change to create some enthusiasm for a ticket that isn’t there now or we will have the second coming of Donald Trump, and God help us then.
I hear what you're saying, but I can't read your response without thinking you're ignoring valid concerns.
To me, its simple. This is not a spectator sport. This is not a movie or an episode of a TV show. In 2024, the two teams are Egalitarian Democracy and Authoritarian Autocracy, and everyone is a player on one of those two teams. Whether you're young or old, if you don't care, then by default, you're a player on the winning team, except you won't know what team you were playing for until November 5. Then, if the Authoritarians win, and you find out you can't get health care, and then the economy goes in the tank so the oligarchs can get fat and happy, and you're looking for someone to blame, there's only one place to look, and that's in the mirror.
It is not my intent to be insensitive. Instead, it is my intent to be truthful, and I'm doing my best to walk the line between the two.
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